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By Chlotrudis Independent Film Society
Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Mia Hansen-Løve
Starring: Anders Danielsen Lie | Clara Strauch | Grace Delrue | Hempus Nordenson | Mia Wasikowska | Tim Roth | Vicky Krieps
Julie says: “Even with Tim Roth and Vicki Krieps, who were both excellent, the story was just so-so and story within story ughh. There was one interesting element near the end that if one blinks they might miss and sort
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Sian Heder
Starring: Ann Forsyth | Daniel Durant | Emilia Jones | John Fiore | Kevin Chapman | Lonnie Farmer | Troy Kotsur
Chris says: “Ruby (Emilia Jones) is a CODA, or a Child of Deaf Adults. Actually, she’s the only hearing member of her family. She often accompanies her father (Troy Kotsur) and older brother (Daniel Durant), both of them fishermen in
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Eytan Fox
Starring: John Benjamin Hickey | Lihi Kornowski | Miki Kam | Niv Nissim | Peter Spears
Cheryl says: “This film is simply melodramatic, filled to the brim with silent sequences where the protagonist, Michael, attempts to use a myriad of facial expressions to convey his feelings, and often spews dialogue that is frankly on-the nose and
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: James Crump
Chris says: “Architectural students and Mid-Century Modern devotees will find much to like in this study of Marcel Breuer, a Hungarian emigre, Bauhaus student and champion of Brutalism. Although he’s best known for works like the Whitney Museum and UNESCO
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Albert Birney | Kentucker Audley
Starring: Constance Shulman | Grace Glowicki | Kentucker Audley | Linas Phillips | Penny Fuller | Reed Birney
Chris says: “I knew I adored this film about ten minutes in when the title card appeared (let’s just say it involves an ice cream cone.) It’s quirky for sure, set in a near-future where dreams are taxed by the
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Jane Schoenbrun
Starring: Anna Cobb | Michael J Rogers
Chris says: “I know this might make me sound like an Old Person, but I didn’t fully grasp this movie’s point. The first half maintains a good level of creativity and suspense as teenager Casey takes ‘The World’s Fair Challenge’,
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: David Lowery
Starring: Alicia Vikander | Dev Patel | Joel Edgerton | Sarita Choudhury
Brett says: “From the mind of director David Lowery comes a total re-imagining of the classic Arthurian legend. More accurately, it is not merely a re-invention of the source material’s plot, but also a thematic undressing of the moral chivalric
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Gary Ross
Starring: Elizabeth Banks | Jennifer Lawrence | Liam Hemsworth | Stanley Tucci | Wes Bentley | Willow Shields
Thom says: “No real reason to review this but I had nothing to do one afternoon in Seattle. I’m not a fan of the TWILIGHT series and this is even worse. 12 boys and 12 girls are chosen from the
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Eran Riklis
Starring: Ali Suliman | Doron Tavory | Hiam Abbass | Rona Lipaz-Michael | Tarik Kopty
Michael says: “In its examination of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict LEMON TREE doesn’t say anything new or surprising, but by focusing on how it changes the lives of two women on opposite sides of that conflict, it speaks deeply and effectively.
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Rating: 3.3 cats
Director: Ole Bornedal
Starring: Anders W. Berthelsen | Charlotte Fich | Dejan Cukic | Nikolaj Lie Kass | Rebecka Hemse
Bruce says: “**SPOILERS** “JUST ANOTHER LOVE STORY isn’t. That title is strictly tongue-in-cheek. The film begins with a prologue: three love scenes involving the three main characters – Jonas (Anders W. Berthelsen), his wife Mette (Charlotte Fich) and Julia (Rebecka
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